Thom

The weather was rainy. The tide was incoming all evening. We left from the Inlet and went to catch our pins. Thom is hardcore, the rain was coming and he was determined to fish through it. We were bait fishing and rain came from the south and didn’t stop for awhile. As it got dark the rain started to lighten up. We moved into the Inlet. There was a good size ground swell. The Reds were in the mouth. Thom caught a couple out there. Thom also put it on a 35 inch snook. That was a big fish.

With the swell coming through it was tough fishing so we moved inside a bit. Thom instantly hooked up, it was a red. We continued to work that spot it was producing every time. Snook and reds. The tide was ripping pretty fast, fishing was tough but Thom did a great job at pulling some fish. He gets better every trip. He don’t need me anymore. Thom ended up getting a 28 inch and a 32 inch keepers. That was a great trip, especially with all of the rain. Thanks again Bro.
Eric

Mike C.

Mike is from Pennsylvania. We met up at the Inlet. The weather was nice, sunny and just a little chilly. We have recently had a few cold fronts. We went to a bait spot #1 and the Pins were there. Not real thick but we managed to catch plenty. The tide at the Inlet was out going.

We started fishing and on the first drift Mike missed a fish. We set up for the 2nd drift and Mike had another hit, but lost it. On the third run, Mike had the feeling and let the fish have it. It was a nice Redfish 14lbs. The Redfish were on fire. They were in there pretty thick. Mike was on after that he landed 7 or 8 Reds. Biggest fish was 20lbs. and the smallest being 12lbs. We hooked a few of the Reds on light tackle but never had enough luck. It was tough with the waves, almost though. It was a good trip though. Mike it was nice talking and fishing with you. Thanks for the trip.

Capt. Eric

Chet R.

will post on Mon. 2-18

Matson and I

What a nice day. The day started with me sleeping in and getting a late start. That was the plan though. The weather was perfect. I picked up Matson at Hiram’s and we made our way through the inlet shortly after 1 p.m. We headed a little North and instantly came across a big Manta Ray.

The first Ray didn’t have a Cobia but the next ray did. It was a nice fish 40 lbs. I caught that one. What a fight, I caught it on my Calcutta 400 with 15lb. line and a Thunder Bait pink head 1 1/2 oz. bucktail. That fish Ran at the boat full speed 3 times. Not to mention the fact that I had a back lash in the reel. I still cant believe I landed that fish. After a few Pics we moved on and found the net victim. Matson caught a smaller keeper about 20lbs. I lost one more fish that was 40 lb. range that was quite the the site, It was on the top of the ray and the ray spooked. The line ended up breaking. It all happed so fast. Well it was time to go. Its gonna be a good Cobia season!!!

Tom H.

Tom is from Virginia. Tom wanted to fish a half day. He was just wanting to catch some dinner. The pressure was on. What to do inshore? I figured that we would start off catching bait. Pins were a little hard to catch, but we finished with 2 dozen. The water in the river is crystal clear right now. The tide is low at 11 a.m. The weather is calm and sunny. We headed towards Wabasso and fished the reef for a little. Tom caught a keeper Mangrove Snapper. It was slow so I decided to run a little out and see if we could maybe find a Ray or some weeds for a possible Tripletail.

The ocean was clean I couldn’t find much weed. On the way back to the Inlet We came across a small line of weed. It wasn’t long and we spotted a few Trips. There were 2 or 3 fish and they were small. I kept moving and spotted another Trip worth catching. I set Tom in position for a cast. It took a few casts and then Tom hooked up his first Tripletail. It was exciting, you have to really put the cast on the money in order for success. We landed the first one and it was a keeper. We kept searching and came across another and Tom hooked this one with his first cast, another keeper. We spotted 2 fish over 10lbs. but couldn’t get a cast off in time. Next were 2 fish sitting under the weed. One was good size and the other was small. I threw first in order to let Tom try for the big one. I hooked up the small one but the bigger one spooked. The fish was just keeper size. We looked a little more and had no more luck. We decided to call it good and headed towards Capt. Hiram’s to fillet the catch. Thanks Tom it was a pleasure to meet and fish with you.